Is the Fitbit Alta any good? originally appeared on Quora the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by Julie Anne Exter, FitBit wearer, on Quora: The Fitbit Alta is the latest in a line of well-intentioned wearables that is designed to give users an awareness of […]

First, there were reports of wood pulp in grated cheese. And now, this. A new Bloomberg News report raises doubts about store-brand aloe vera after tests it commissioned on products bought at Walmart, CVS and Target reportedly found no trace of their claimed prime ingredient ― aloe barbadensis leaf juice. Instead, the products were said to […]

It’s no secret that most Americans do a pretty lousy job when it comes to following mom’s advice to eat their vegetables. In fact, according to estimates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, less than 10 percent of Americans eat the recommended amount of two to three cups of vegetables per day. That […]

Kanye West was hospitalized in Los Angeles on Monday. According to TMZ, the 39-year-old rapper is currently at UCLA Medical Center for evaluation. Sources told the website, police responded to a medical welfare call on West around 1:20 p.m. PT. The decision to check on the rapper was purely for his own safety and there was […]

Sabra Dipping Company has issued a voluntary recall for some of its hummus products over potential listeria contamination, the manufacturer announced Saturday. The decision comes after Sabra’s manufacturing facility tested positive for the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, which can cause a serious and potentially deadly infection, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a release. (Sabra, […]

Anna Kendrick is a great singer, an Oscar-nominated actress and a really good communicator in bed. In her new book Scrappy Little Nobody, the 31-year-old gets super candid about sex ― including the one time she gave props to a guy for giving her an orgasm. After a few months with a boyfriend, the “Pitch Perfect” actress […]

In the wake of last week’s election, the gulf between liberals and conservatives has never felt bigger. This divide is just as apparent when it comes to environmental issues as it is with any others. With a Trump presidency comes an Environmental Protection Agency led by “climate criminal” Myron Ebell, the possible cancelation of the Paris climate […]

CHICAGO — Just over a week since the election, a group of more than 100 food advocates, entrepreneurs and farmers who gathered in the University of Chicago Booth School of Business’ Gleacher Center to discuss food policy seemed reluctant to discuss President-elect Donald Trump. As a parade of experts spent Wednesday morning discussing farming practices, […]

Do exercises aimed at increasing neuroplasticity work? originally appeared on Quora the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by Nicole Gravagna, Neuroscientist, author of MindSET Your Manners, on Quora: For a long time scientists thought that the brain was capable of growing and changing only during […]

SAN DIEGO ― Super agers, the group of elderly people whose memory performance seems to defy aging, just produced another surprise for scientists: They can have numerous amyloid plaques in their brains, which is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, yet their memory is unaffected. It’s as if they are somehow protected from the toxic effects […]

Denver is making green history yet again. The city’s voters appear to have legalized the social use of marijuana in permitted private establishments, according to election results released Monday evening. Supporters of Initiative 300 led 53 percent to 47 percent as of 6 p.m. ― a margin of 17,173 votes. State election officials noted that results […]

Family caregivers are now spending on average 20 percent of their income providing care to a family member or other loved one, according to a new AARP Research Report, “Family Caregiving and Out-of-Pocket Costs: 2016 Report.” The situation is so dire that, the report said, caregivers may be putting “their own economic and retirement security […]

In my customary purview- nutrition, public health, disease prevention- I have had cause to lament periodically the apparent hegemony of Newton’s third law. For every silly action we’ve taken over recent decades to address the effects of badly constituted diet on weight and health, we have appended an opposing, but comparably misguided reaction. Believe it or not, […]

A new experimental HIV vaccine, when combined with a compound that stimulates a person’s immune system, demonstrated potential for a path to curing HIV. The small study, involving rhesus monkeys who had the monkey equivalent of HIV, revealed that this novel combination was effective at suppressing the virus to undetectable levels in a few of […]

What is snapping scapula syndrome? Snapping scapula syndrome is a condition causing painful grinding, clicking or snapping of the shoulder blade (Figure 1). The shoulder joint itself is called the glenohumeral joint. The acromioclavicular joint is associated with shoulder separation. Snapping scapula occurs at the scapulothoracic joint and is different from other shoulder related problems […]

Election results Soda taxes were on the ballot in 4 cities on November 8th. The fact that these measures were even there is meaningful: Every time soda is discussed as a public health issue, people are reminded that the evidence tying them to obesity, diabetes and heart disease is piling up. Fifty million dollars were […]

While the rest of the nation looked on in shock as Donald Trump racked up more and more electoral votes, Snoop Dogg decided to take some time to celebrate California for legalizing weed. California voted to legalize marijuana Tuesday night with the success of Proposition 64, which outlines a 15 percent excise tax on all retail […]

Protein powders come in many different types. Most people are familiar with the milk-derived whey and casein proteins, but the lesser-known plant-based options are starting to get more attention because people cannot help but talk about how good they feel from it. Plant based proteins can be made up of soy protein, hemp protein, pea […]

When emotional intelligence first appeared to the masses, it served as the missing link in a peculiar finding: people with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70% of the time. This anomaly threw a massive wrench into what many people had always assumed was the sole source of successIQ. Decades of research now […]

When things arent going quite the way youd like them to, its often the result of not asking yourself the right questions. Some questions are hard to confront because youre afraid you wont get the answer you want, others because you really dont want to know the answer. But the best things in life dont […]

A drug-resistant fungus that first emerged in the U.S. only a few years ago has been linked to four deaths, and health officials are on guard about its potential to spread in healthcare facilities throughout the country. C. auris, a yeast that has sickened people around the globe and caused potentially deadly infections, appears to have arrived […]

Even if you don’t consider yourself a daydreamer, you probably spend a lot of time in a state of mental wandering ― it’s natural for your mind to drift away from the present moment when you’re in the shower, walking to work or doing the dishes. In recent years, scientists have been paying a lot more attention […]

While discussing childhood nutrition in my undergraduate lifecycle nutrition class, I remember being so surprised at the simplicity of Ellyn Satters teachings about eating. According to Satter, a child should never be forced to eat or not eat, but rather should learn to listen to their bodys internal eating cues. The parent decides when and […]

A woman who went into a Tokyo hospital for surgery needed to be treated for burns after one of her farts apparently started a fire in the operating room. The fire happened April 15 at the Tokyo Medical University Hospital when a doctor was using a laser on the cervix of a woman in her […]

WASHINGTON ― The health care reform law known as Obamacare faces another crucial stretch starting Tuesday, when the three-month sign-up period for next year’s insurance coverage begins. The fourth such enrollment period since the exchange marketplaces went online starts amid headlines about escalating sticker prices under the Affordable Care Act and during an election year that has […]

T.S. Eliot was clearly onto something when he asked, If you arent in over your head, how do you know how tall you are? The very act of stepping outside of your comfort zone is critical to your success and well-being. Our brains are wired such that its difficult to take action until we feel […]

When Debbie Gibson was singing and performing during the early part of her career in the ‘80s and ‘90s, she had a pristine reputation. But now, she says, it’s time for her to get off her “high horse” and speak the truth. As Gibson tells “Oprah: Where Are They Now?” in an upcoming interview, she […]

People who suffer from chronic urinary tract infections may want to put down the cranberry juice. The once-promising cranberry treatment is looking less and less like an alternative cure-all for UTIs, and more like a folk tale. A recent randomized controlled trial, the highest standard of scientific evidence, found that people who took cranberry capsules didn’t […]

With the election less than two weeks away, Big Soda is preparing for battle. The soda industry, led by the American Beverage Association trade group, is spending many millions of dollars in a carefully coordinated effort to defeat proposals in four U.S. cities to tax local sales of sugar-sweetened beverages. Three of the cities where […]

If anyone would have told me in my 20s that Id be writing about living with multiple chronic illnesses in my 40s I would have laughed. Ive been experiencing various symptoms since the age of 10, but my flare ups were rare and never long in duration. Soon after my 30th birthday, I started feeling […]

Why is figuring out Medicare so difficult? We suspect, in part, it’s because you are expected to look into a crystal ball and know precisely how healthy you will be during the next 12 months. Will you need expensive prescription drugs next year, even if you don’t now. Will you need physical therapy, get […]

Sleepless nights do not discriminate. And if you’ve ever lain awake thinking about commitments to work, school, family and friends, you’re familiar with what a challenge it can be to turn all those thoughts off at the end of the day and relax, let alone fall asleep. Enter meditation. Research indicates that practicing meditation may […]

Don’t mess with women’s yoga pants. An angry letter to a Rhode Island newspaper demanding that older women stop wearing yoga pants prompted hundreds to participate in a parade while clad in the popular workout apparel. On Sunday, the comfortably attired protesters marched right past the home of Alan Sorrentino, who last week complained about yoga […]

Youll find my favorite Halloween decoration at the front desk of my dental practice: a bowl of candy labeled free cavities. (Yes, I know, dentists are hilarious!) This weekend, children will dress up as their favorite characters and run around the neighborhood in the hopes of scoring the most delicious candy they can! Theyll also […]

We all like to think of ourselves as the woman warrior, the indomitable female the can-do girl who lives every moment with intensity and attention. But, alas, we are human and we have our down days and up days and in-between days. The days when we dont feel as positive or as motivated as we […]

It’s almost bedtime, and just the thought of it kicks off your stress. You really need a good night’s sleep, but when you get in bed your mind goes wild, thinking of yesterday, today, tomorrow, a year from now … somehow you do drift off, but wake up several times throughout the night. Before you […]

Leave it to “The Daily Show” to broadcast the most bearable version of Wednesday night’s presidential debate. Instead of running a split screen of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton going at it, “The Daily Show” aired on Facebook Live two candles behind podiums in a Zen garden. Occasionally, a hand will enter the debate stage and […]

Autism Speaks, the nation’s largest organization dedicated to autism advocacy and science, recently updated its mission statement for the first time since its founding in 2005. They dropped the word “cure.” This may seem odd for an organization founded on the goal of finding a cure for autism spectrum disorder. But “the organization grew to believe […]

Come gather round people, wherever you roam And admit that the waters around you have grown And accept it that soon youll be drenched to the bone If your time to you is worth savin Then you better start swimmin or youll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin. -Bob Dylan, Nobel […]

Are you practically bursting to know more about pee, but have been too embarrassed to ask your questions aloud? Well, urine for a treat. A stream of pee worries plague people’s minds every day. For answers on this toilet topic, U.S. News talked to Dr. Michael O’Leary, a senior urologic surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, […]

About half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended. While it would be easy to assume in these cases that birth control failed, or that people were simply careless, research on abusive relationships shows that a minority of these unintended pregnancies are the result of reproductive coercion. Reproductive coercion is a specific type of […]

With each new revelation of a callous comment or misdeed from his past, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump alienates part of America’s population. This week’s target: people with disabilities — especially those who are deaf. Trump repeatedly called Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin “retarded” and directed demeaning sexual comments toward her on his show “The Apprentice” back […]

I have these friends, ones that are open about their pregnancy losses and post it on social media. I cringe every time I read one. And scroll right on by. Im terrible I know. Im also mature enough to realize I have baggage on this issue, and somewhat level-headed enough to realize their vulnerability makes […]

The first sense to ignite, touch is often the last to burn out: long after our eyes betray us, our hands remain faithful to the world. Frederick Sachs, The Sciences When nurse Mary Farren laid her hand on the arm of an older woman she was caring for at home following surgery, the touch […]

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